This month’s fatal pipeline rupture near Bakersfield highlights a challenge that has vexed state, federal and private-sector officials in recent years: how to improve coordination between natural gas utilities and excavation contractors to better protect public safety.

Largely a result of the 2010 pipeline rupture that killed eight people in San Bruno, government and industry have been looking for
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Any holes being dug in your yard soon? Not holes dug by squirrels burying nuts but big holes? A utility company replacing a line, a contractor doing waterproofing around your basement, a landscaper planting a tree — those kind of holes.

If so, make certain all the buried cables and pipes have been found and marked before shovel
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Safety patroller Gil Lapointe was in Prince Albert on Wednesday as part of the new Sask 1st Call Safety Patrol program. The initiative aims to help contractors and homeowners dig safely around underground power, natural gas and telecommunications lines.
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